European ancient literature

The Acts of the Danes (Gesta Danorum) by Saxo Grammar (c. 1140–1206/1220) is the main source on the history of medieval Denmark and other Scandinavian countr...

The Romance of the Rose is one of the outstanding monuments of world culture. In our country, until recently, he was practically unknown. The first translati...

Five Point Someone: What not to do at IIT!is a 2004 novel written by Chetan Bhagat, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Indian Institu...

About fifteen years ago, employees of the department of classical literatures of the West and comparative literature of IMLI began to prepare an updated reis...

The collection of medieval English poems includes "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" - an example of a chivalric romance, "Sir Orfeo" - a popularized version ...

The collection of medieval English poems includes "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" - an example of a chivalric romance, "Sir Orfeo" - a popularized version ...

The novel by Juanot Marturel and Marty Juan de Galba, which tells about the life of the noble Tyrant the White, full of adventures and exploits, is one of th...

Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) is one of the key figures of the Italian Renaissance, an architect, theorist and expert on ancient architecture. Having gone from...

English anonymous chivalric romance of the 14th century. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” has been translated into Russian for the first time. Translation b...

The Lame Demon - the hero of the story of the same name by Luis Vélez de Guevara - acts as a mentor to the eternal student Don Cleofas, who freed him from an...

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space S...

Cardinal de Retz Jean-François Paul de Gondi, known as Cardinal Retz, (Montmirail - Paris), Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal de Retz, outstanding figure of the ...